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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it was disappointed by a court judgment in Democratic Republic of Congo that only convicted two Congolese soldiers over a mass rape in 2012 and acquitted another 13 officers. The U.N. accused soldiers from two Congolese battalions of raping at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the eastern town of Minova after the troops fled from advancing M23 rebels in November in 2012. "By this...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it was disappointed by a court judgment in Democratic Republic of Congo that only convicted two Congolese soldiers over a mass rape in 2012 and acquitted another 13 officers. The U.N. accused soldiers from two Congolese battalions of raping at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the eastern town of Minova after the troops fled from advancing M23 rebels in November in 2012. "By this...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has given the Democratic Republic of the Congo four more days to begin prosecuting soldiers accused of raping scores of women in an eastern town or it will halt support to two battalions, the world body said on Thursday. The United Nations said 126 women were raped in Minova in November after Congolese troops fled to the town as so-called M23 rebels briefly captured the nearby provincial capital of Goma. The U.N. special envoy to...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced two soldiers to life in prison over a notorious incident of mass rape in 2012, a lawyer for the defense said on Monday. At least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as six, were reported to have been raped in the eastern town of Minova over two days as thousands of civilians fled fighting between Congo's ill-disciplined army and the M23 rebel group. Lawyer Sabra Mpoy said one of the...

* UN says 126 women raped in eastern Congo in November * Kinshasa has suspended 12 military officers, UN says * UN envoy says 33 soldiers accused of involvement By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Reuters) - An army battalion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of whose members have been accused of mass rape, was trained by the United States, a senior U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. The United Nations said 126 women were raped...

UNITED NATIONS, July 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations is reviewing support to Democratic Republic of Congo army units accused of desecrating the corpses of rebels and mistreating detainees, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday during renewed fighting in the country's east. U.N. peacekeepers had raised the reported abuse of M23 rebels with the Congolese army and welcomed steps by the army "to investigate these claims and to hold the...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced two soldiers to life in prison over a notorious incident of mass rape in 2012, a lawyer for the defense said on Monday. At least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as six, were reported to have been raped in the eastern town of Minova over two days as thousands of civilians fled fighting between Congo's ill-disciplined army and the M23 rebel group. Lawyer Sabra Mpoy said one of the...

* UN says 126 women raped in eastern Congo in November * Kinshasa has suspended 12 military officers, UN says * UN envoy says 33 soldiers accused of involvement By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Reuters) - An army battalion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of whose members have been accused of mass rape, was trained by the United States, a senior U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. The United Nations said 126 women were raped...

* United Nations says 126 women raped in eastern Congo town * Congo army units told to take action on rapes this month By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened to stop supporting two Congolese army battalions unless soldiers accused of raping scores of women in an eastern town are prosecuted, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. The United...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has given the Democratic Republic of the Congo four more days to begin prosecuting soldiers accused of raping scores of women in an eastern town or it will halt support to two battalions, the world body said on Thursday. The United Nations said 126 women were raped in Minova in November after Congolese troops fled to the town as so-called M23 rebels briefly captured the nearby provincial capital of Goma. The U.N. special envoy to...

UNITED NATIONS, July 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations is reviewing support to Democratic Republic of Congo army units accused of desecrating the corpses of rebels and mistreating detainees, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday during renewed fighting in the country's east. U.N. peacekeepers had raised the reported abuse of M23 rebels with the Congolese army and welcomed steps by the army "to investigate these claims and to hold the...

* United Nations says 126 women raped in eastern Congo town * Congo army units told to take action on rapes this month By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened to stop supporting two Congolese army battalions unless soldiers accused of raping scores of women in an eastern town are prosecuted, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. The United...

* Seven Congolese troops arrested for abuses in eastern Congo * U.N. says 180 attacks by Kony's Lords Resistance Army in Congo (Adds comments from U.N. peacekeeping chief) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that 126 women were raped in an eastern town after Congolese troops fled there last month as rebels advanced on the provincial capital of Goma, the United ...

* Seven Congolese troops arrested for abuses in eastern Congo * U.N. says 180 attacks by Kony's Lords Resistance Army in Congo (Adds comments from U.N. peacekeeping chief) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that 126 women were raped in an eastern town after Congolese troops fled there last month as rebels advanced on the provincial capital of Goma, the United ...

* Regional powers gave M23 rebels two days to leave Goma * Congo says will not negotiate unless M23 pull out of city * Congolese general rallies troops By Richard Lough and Jonny Hogg GOMA/MINOVA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov 26 (Reuters) - R ebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo strengthened their positions around the eastern city of Goma, defying regional calls for them to leave by Monday even as their leader flew to Uganda for talks. ...